Staff Profile

Brigit Maguire
Senior Research Officer

BSci(Psych)(Hons) (ANU)

Biography

Brigit joined AIFS in May 2009 as a Senior Research Officer with Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

Brigit has previously worked with children with special needs and as a social researcher in the Commonwealth government, in areas such as crisis management, community resilience, and social issues facing rural and regional communities.

Selected recent publications

• Maguire, B. (2011). Characteristics of the children and their families. In Australian Institute of Family Studies, LSAC Annual Statistical Report 2010. Melbourne: AIFS.
• Maguire, B. (2011). How family composition changes across waves. In Australian Institute of Family Studies, LSAC Annual Statistical Report 2010. Melbourne: AIFS.
• Lucas, N., Nicholson, J., & Maguire, B. (2011). Parenting practices and behaviours. In Australian Institute of Family Studies, LSAC Annual Statistical Report 2010. Melbourne: AIFS.
• Taylor, C.L.,Maguire, B., Zubrick, S.R. (2011). Children’s language development. In Australian Institute of Family Studies, LSAC Annual Statistical Report 2010. Melbourne: AIFS.
• Maguire, B. (2011). Children’s pre- and perinatal health experiences. In Australian Institute of Family Studies, LSAC Annual Statistical Report 2010. Melbourne: AIFS.